First base Time with the Astros: 1991-2005Year of HOF induction: 2017 The former National League Rookie of the Year (1991) and MVP (1994) will become the second career Astro to be inducted into the Hall of Fame after finally being voted in on his seventh time on the ballot.

The Big Unit electrified Houston after his trade-deadline arrival from Seattle, going 10-1 with a 1.28 ERA as the Astros set a team record with 102 wins. He left in the offseason for Arizona as a free agent.

Catcher Time with the Astros: 2009 Year of HOF induction: 2017"Pudge" played 93 games for the Astros, and was in a Houston uniform when he passed Carlton Fisk for the major league record for games played by a catcher.

Shooting guard Time with the Rockets: 1995-98 Year of HOF induction: 2004 The UH star, a 10-time All-Star, returned to town to play the final three and a half seasons of his pro career and helped the sixth-seeded Rockets capture the 1995 NBA title.

The three-time WNBA All-Star, two-time NCAA champion and Olympic gold medalist (1988) led the Comets to four straight titles (1997-2000) in becoming the first WNBA player to be enshrined in the Naismith Basketball Hall of Fame. She also coached at Prairie View A&M (2005-10), Texas Southern (2012-13) and USC (2013-17).

A dominant player on Texas Tech’s 1993 NCAA championship team, Swoopes was twice the WNBA’s MVP and defensive player of the year in the same season and played on four championship teams with the Comets.
(Christobal Perez / Houston Chronicle)

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Gordie Howe

Position: Right wing

Time with the Aeros: 1973-77

Year of HOF induction: 1972

Mr. Hockey, a 23-time NHL All-Star, led the Aeros to back-to-back WHA titles in 1974 and 1975 after turning 45.

Gordie Howe

Position: Right wing

Time with the Aeros: 1973-77

Year of HOF induction: 1972

Mr. Hockey, a 23-time NHL All-Star, led the Aeros to back-to-back WHA titles in 1974 and 1975 after turning 45.

Photo: Houston Chronicle File Photo

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Mark Howe (right)

Position: Forward/defenseman

Time with the Aeros: 1973-77

Year of HOF induction: 2011

The four-time NHL All-Star teamed with his brother Marty (left) and father Gordie (center) with the Aeros as they became the first father/son combination to play together in professional hockey. Mark later starred in the NHL for 16 years.

He was demoted briefly to Houston during his NHL rookie season in 1979-80. He returned to Edmonton after four games and never saw minor-league ice again in a 25-year career that saw him become the only man to captain two different teams to the Stanley Cup.